wessam darwish writes:
> very important,
> I wish to know is Z39.50 replaced with SRW/U/cql and , these group (SRW/U/cql )can be used in any system and do all the tasks which Z39.50 do it???
SRU can express all the same kinds of queries and responses as Z39.50,
but in a radically different way. In theory, almost any application
that could be built using Z39.50 communication could instead be built
In practice, however, applications are constrained to use the protocol
or protocols supported by the servers they want to contact. My
impression is that Z39.50 servers still greatly outnumber SRU servers;
and that the growth in Z39.50 server implementations is probably still
greater than that in SRU server implementations.
> in the ZING Information Forum
> June 22-23 Output
> i read,
> "Some feel that the name "ZING" should be changed so not to reflect Z39.50. "
> ANSWER ME,
Because the ZING initiative (RIP) did not work on Z39.50 itself but on
its proposed successors. But since that name is dead now anyway, it's
a bit of a fifteen-minutes-ago issue.
/o ) \/ Mike Taylor <[hidden email]> http://www.miketaylor.org.uk )_v__/\ "Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity.
And I'm not sure about the former" -- Albert Einstein.